Thread: First razor restore...Coral 1070

Mornin' guys, so I finally got to finish my first restore. This is a Coral 1070 5/8 full hollow square tip barber's razor all the way from Japan.
I posted this pic in a thread a while back of having to breadknife a few chips out of this razor, and this was the result afterwards (this was also my first attempt at honing as well. The blade still had the sanding marks where someone went to maybe 400 or 600 and stopped, so it had a bit of a satin sheen to it.


Since I wasn't sure how low of a grit this person stopped, I started at 400 and dry sanded to 800, then wetsanded to 12,000 grit. Using a dremel, I didn't have my buffer at this point, I buffed with emory, blending bar, stainless cleaner, chrome polish, then final polished with flitz. The scales are bakelite, I kept the original scales b/c the manufacturer had actually heat stamped their logo into them, and I thought that was pretty neat so I started with 400grit and wet sanded to 12k, buffed with brown tripoli, then final polished with flitz with the dremel and felt and cloth pads.






Pins are nickel silver w/ stainless washers and stainless thrust washers. I peened the pins a little larger to cover the washers and give them a cleaner look. Hope you enjoy. Feel free to comment on my work, advice opinions, I want to get as good as I can at this. Oh, and if anyone could find any more info on this razor please let me know, I couldn't find anything about this manufacturer. Thanks everyone for all the help in completing this project!

Just to add a bit more info:
Honed on
1k naniwa w/ standard grade piece of coticule for a nagura
2k green brick naniwa "aoto" (produces slurry fast, cuts quickly, and LOTS of feedback...alot are not crazy about this stone, but I like it alot, it gets rid of 1k marks quickly and lets you "feel" what you're doing very well.
5k suehiro rika
8k naniwa
12k naniwa
crox on felt
50 mesh
75 leather
Shaves smooth, very light and nimble, I actually like this razor more than my dovo "carpe diem"

very nice!

this is a beautiful blade, the scales are ordinary ofcourse, but the blade is just beautiful. i would b proud to be the owner of this piece. superb job sir. i love the detailing on it. this is a very unique piece. and you have done a super job bringing it back to its former glory. bravo

Thank you, I worked on it in short stages as I had time, but it was worth it in the end. The etching in the blade actually looks like those old fossils, not trilobites, but a close relative of that species. Very interesting, which is what peeked my curiosity about the razor to begin with

Nicely done, Tiddle. Well executed on a very handsome razor.

Gracias sir